📖 Story Summary – "I Loved You in Silence"

Ren Takahashi lived quietly, secretly in love with his best and only friend, Haruki Minami. Their bond was deep, gentle, and filled with unspoken affection—until Ren confessed his feelings, and everything shattered.

One misunderstood moment leads to betrayal, rumors, and isolation. Ren becomes the target of whispers and shame, his world unraveling as Haruki remains silent.

This is a haunting tale of unrequited love, emotional ruin, and the silent ache of holding on when there's nothing left to hold.

In the shadows of youth, Ren learns that some love stories never bloom—they only burn quietly in the heart.

Prologue

Book One of the Sarajevo SeriesThe Princess of Sarajevo

Lamija Begović enters every room like she owns it-because one day, she will. Heiress to Sarajevo's most powerful business empire, she's brilliant, untouchable, and raised to conquer. She doesn't ask for respect. She commands it.

Ayub Selimović grew up in her world, wearing the same suits, eating at the same table-but never truly belonging. After his father died driving for the Begović family, he was taken in as one of their own. He was never treated as less. But he always knew.

He's spent a decade in silence, building trust beside her brother. When he's suddenly reassigned to Lamija's team, she's forced to see what's always been there: a man of loyalty, quiet strength, and a heart that has never once strayed from hers.

Their story was never supposed to happen. But Sarajevo remembers everything-and the past always finds a way to rise.

Before the wolves, the sons, and the war-there was the princess...And the boy who waited to be seen.

Lily is a snow witch with powerful magic and a quick temper. Not the best combination. But she keeps to herself, and the few people she lets get close know she has a good heart, and that’s enough for her. She doesn’t need any drama in her life.

Too bad she got me as an author.

Her next-door neighbor, Pipaluk, is a mad scientist. A good one. His wife, Emma, makes sure of that. She’s basically a saint, putting up with his random explosions while raising their two children and mothering Lily every chance she gets. But Santa’s elves are known for their quick wit and adaptability, after all, and she’s no different.

Then there’s Lily’s meddling family. They’re in the North Pole, and she’s not, and that’s how she likes it. Unfortunately, her cousin Crystal still calls to pester her, and her aunt Gemma still meddles in her life. They may or may not trigger Lily’s blizzard-inducing rage from time to time, resulting in out-of-season snowstorms, snowbound towns, and confused meteorologists worldwide.

Good thing Lily has a fairy godmother. Wendy is always around to clean up Lily’s messes without her goddaughter ever knowing. It’s a full-time job, especially since giving Lily what she needs instead of what she wants is even harder than erasing the snow witch’s existence from her human neighbors’ minds every time it snows.

NASA can’t figure out the strange weather phenomena. Boris needs an enchantress for his newest book. Santa needs Boris’ new book pronto before Mrs. Claus throws a fit.

Yeah, Lily definitely got the wrong author if she wants a drama-free life.

Elements of Chaos

1: Of Ice and Snow

2: Of Fire and Smoke

What to Expect

This book began as a writing experiment when I joined The Fabulous Spec-Fic Smack Downby @LayethTheSmackDown on Wattpad, which required me to write Speculative Fiction flash fiction, short stories, drabbles, and poetry based on prompts. That was a huge stretch for me, but I enjoyed it so much that I continued following the prompts after I was eliminated. And I’m keeping it going as long as I can by joining other prompt-based contests.

I decided from the beginning to use the same characters and world throughout the book, so while I write each chapter as a standalone short story, there is continuity between chapters, and an underlying storyline is emerging. My goal is to keep that going. It’s an odd balance I’m trying to strike here, especially since I typically write novels, not short stories.

Since this is a prompt-based book, it has quite a few quirks. The first is perspective. Lily, the protagonist in chapter one, is the entire book’s protagonist. However, she is not the central character in each chapter. I write her chapters in the first person and all other chapters in the third person.

The second quirk is chapter length. Many prompts provide word count restrictions; some do not. Currently, the shortest chapter is 100 words long, and the longest is 10,000 words long. I’ve split the longer chapters up into multiple parts of 1,500-2,500 words each.

The third quirk is genre. Speculative Fiction is typically a blend of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror, often with alternate universes and timelines, but really, anything goes. The original contest was a Speculative Fiction contest, and I am a scaredy cat, so this is mostly a blend of Fantasy and Science Fiction thus far. I’m sure that will change, because I go where the prompts take me. But with Speculative Fiction, it’s fine if I take a jaunt into Chicklit land for a chapter or two, so it’s all good.

And that brings us to the fourth quirk: me. I don’t plan this. I can’t plan it. The prompts can change everything. I’ve learned to leave certain details vague on purpose, because that gives me wiggle room to pivot if the next prompt takes things in a different direction. When I get a new prompt, I read it, let it simmer in the back of my mind for a week or so, reread and revisit again when I feel like it, and I get some basic idea of how I at least want to start the next chapter and maybe what I want to happen.

Then I sit down to write. And anything can happen.

I write most of these chapters in one sitting, and I often surprise myself. This has become my writing sandbox. It’s where I go to play and let loose every wild idea that comes into my mind, and I love it. I hope you enjoy it, too.

Prompt Info

At the bottom of each chapter, I list the date of creation, word count, prompt information, and a link to the original prompt, if I have it. I sometimes come back to tweak things here or there, and I have a list of editing/feedback suggestions from others that I intend to work through eventually. When that happens, I may leave a note about it, but I’m not changing the date and word count. That’s the original stamp, and I want to keep it there for my records.

Word count varies with the application used. All the word counts here come from Google Docs.

Content/Trigger Warnings

None of my stories contain profanity or explicit sexual content, but this series contains some heavy and potentially triggering themes and content. I’ve compiled what I hope is a comprehensive list and am happy to answer questions about it. Included within this book are depictions and/or mentions of:

Credits

@AprilJester on Wattpad, for talking me into joining the original contest. @BookLover3062 on Wattpad, for stealing my title and making me come up with a new one. All graphics except prompt images created by me using Canva Pro unless cited otherwise.

And a little reminder…

​​​​​​​Consent is HOT.

Before time was born, before gods dreamed, something existed without name, purpose, or emotion-Abyssus.

Now, as cosmic systems fracture and ancient truths awaken, Extraordinary beings: Heralds of different worlds are summoned to descend into the mind of an entity that predates meaning itself.

They must face their greatest fears, fractured selves, and a reality where death is recreation and hope is a lie.

But Abyssus does not seek destruction.

It seeks evolution.

And if the Heralds fail, all of existence may become its next toy.

"I want to be the strongest!" That's the only wish of the bunny boy Eleo. But how to become the strongest... he has no idea!!

So he just tries!

He challenges bad guys, gets stomachaches from eating too many carrots, and gets involved in stupid adventures!

There is no such word as "plan" in his dictionary!

But he has a heart that is too straightforward for a bunny!

Eleo creates hilarious and crazy chaos!!

To our readers:

✔ Super slapstick! Super high tension!

✔ The main character is so stupid that you can't keep up with the comments!

✔ But his mysterious charm makes you want to cheer him on before you know it!

The story of a stupid and cool rabbit is now born!!

Alice is a 17-year-old girl that was forced to move after her father's passing, he left her under the care of a family friend, but what Alice didn't know is that she was going to be living with a family of VAMPIRES. Can Alice really survive with a family of 6 vampires?

Une vie à travers les sentiments.

TWILIGHT meets VAMPIRE DIARIES meets CRAVE.

Kota Ahoka is a sweetheart caught in a nightmare. He’s a newly transformed vampire—something he’s never wanted to be. An immortal monster has corrupted his soul. Born of the Cherokee Nation, Kota’s tribe views life as sacred and death as unnatural taboo. Branded as a demon abandoned by the Great Spirit, he is exiled by his kind… outcasted forever.

But his family refuses to abandon him. Determined to reverse the curse, they begin a desperate search for a cure—one that leads Kota straight to her.

🩰 A ballerina with buried magic. A vampire marked by death. A fate written in blood.

Kayla Harris lives for the stage. A rising ballerina star in 1980s Chicago, she has it all—best friends, a loving boyfriend, and supportive parents. Not to mention the glamorous life of living in a high-rise palace downtown.

But beneath her perfect world lies a legacy she knows nothing about a bloodline tied to ancient Ethiopian sorcerers known as Spell Benders. As the supernatural world crashes down around her, the rising of a mystical war brews. Magic and death, vampires and sorcerers.

1 2 buckle my shoe, 3 4 buckle some more, 5 6 Nike kicks. Oooo thats so fire

Late afternoon at Glykós' house, Martin just returned from his trip & parked his plane nearby. He intends to pay her a visit.

Aku merasakan kelembaban di liang vaginanya. Elena mendesah, “Ooohh… terus, sayang… kamu hebat sekali… aahh terus, Ferdy…”